recycling

Astronauts fix a urine-recycling unit on the International Space Station, needed to support a six-person crew next year.

Customers no longer need to sort their recyclables and more types of items can be recycled, including rigid plastics #1-7 and boxboard.

Due to service changes and Hurricane Ike complications, customers may experience delayed collections; call 311 for missed trash collection; hold missed recyclables and yard trimmings until next week.

Single Stream allows customers to mix recyclable paper, plastic and glass in one bin that will be delivered beginning in October.

Council actions include purchasing energy efficient lighting, approving a recycling program and authorizing language translation services for City courts.

Here's a link to the August issue of Austin City News. It includes articles on the 2009 City budget, the upcoming single stream recycling program which starts October 6th, information about the free summer writing camp for kids, front and...

Environmental groups and even LG Electronics, maker of Zenith TVs, are promoting plans to introduce recycling programs that tackle the growing problem of e-waste.

A Chicago-based entrepreneur says many industrial power users can save money, get more electricity, and reduce greenhouse gas emissions by using the energy they already consume more efficiently.

It's called recycling energy — capturing waste heat and turning it into power.

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In honor of Earth Day, the city of Austin formulated a little Flash game to test the recycling knowledge of...

(via UTforDummies)

Buying it Skeptics of Joel Fagin ("Recycling rage," The Firing Line, Feb. 13) must evaluate his words before offering opinions on whether his information is correct or not.

In this case, limited and specific forms of recycling are important, but at the same time, the majority of recycling movements are greatly overexaggerated to almost an alarmist extent.